Gabor Vajna

Gabor Vajna (4 November 1891-12 March 1946) was Minister of the Interior of Hungary from 16 October 1944 to 28 March 1945, succeeding Peter Schell and preceding Ferenc Erdei.

Biography
Gabor Vajna was born in Kezdivasarhely, Hungary, Austria-Hungary (now Targu Secuiesc, Romania) on 4 November 1891 to a Transylvanian Calvinist family, and he became a decorated Austro-Hungarian Army soldier during World War I. He was fired as the director of a gunpowder factory at Balatonfuzfo for his fascist views, and he became a confidant of Ferenc Szalasi. In 1939, he was elected to Parliament from Veszprem County as an Arrow Cross Party member, and he became Interior Minister of Hunggary in October 1944, serving until March 1945. He assisted with the deportation of Jews to Nazi Germany during World War II, and heh also took part in anti-partisan activities. He was captured by the US Army after the Siege of Budapest, and he was hanged alongside Szalasi, Karoly Beregfy, and Jozsef Gera in March 1946.